Fidelmar Liborio Cadenas was a 10-month-old Hispanic male infant when he was last seen on November 28, 2006, in Riverside, California. At the time, he was living at Mountain Shadows Special Kids Home, a care home for children with special needs, after being removed from his mother’s custody because of felony abuse and neglect concerns. He was described as a small child, about 2 feet tall and 30 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He had a surgical scar on the back of his head and another scar on his left wrist, and he was considered medically fragile because of unspecified health problems. On the day he disappeared, he was reportedly wearing a beige shirt and baby-blue sweatpants with the word “Pooh” printed on both legs.
According to missing-person records, Fidelmar disappeared during a supervised visit at the care home. His non-custodial father, Liborio Cadenas, took him from the facility at about 5:20 p.m. Liborio was 21 years old at the time and was described as a Hispanic male, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 220 pounds, with brown hair and black eyes. He was reportedly wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants when Fidelmar was taken. The abduction was classified as a family abduction, but the circumstances were especially urgent because Fidelmar was an infant with medical vulnerabilities and was not supposed to be removed from supervised care.
Authorities believed Liborio may have fled with Fidelmar in a red 2006 Ford F-150 extra-cab truck with flame decals near the tailgate. A felony warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued for Liborio on December 13, 2006, and public case summaries warned that he might be armed with a 9-millimeter handgun. Investigators also believed he and Fidelmar may have traveled to Michoacan, Mexico, where Fidelmar’s mother, Lilia Cadenas, was reportedly living at the time. Public records stated that Lilia was Liborio’s wife and Fidelmar’s mother, but photographs and additional identifying details about her were not available in the case summaries.
For years, Fidelmar’s case remained publicly listed as unresolved, with age-progressed images released to help people recognize what he might look like as he grew older. His case was carried in missing-person databases, including NamUs, where he was listed as missing from Riverside, California, with a date of last contact of November 28, 2006, and an associated NCMEC case number. The details reflected the vulnerability of a child who vanished before his first birthday, under circumstances that combined family conflict, prior abuse and neglect allegations, and the urgent medical concerns surrounding his care.
Official and missing-child recovery listings now report that Fidelmar Cadenas has been found safe. The exact date and circumstances of his recovery are not publicly detailed in the available online records, so they should not be stated with certainty. His case began as the disappearance of a medically fragile infant taken from supervised care in Riverside, California, during a visit with his non-custodial father, and it remained a deeply concerning family-abduction case for many years. The available record now indicates that Fidelmar was ultimately located alive, bringing an end to the active missing-person case and offering the compassionate resolution that every missing-child case hopes to reach.Last Seen: Nov 28, 2006
